Tech company fined for creating "comfort women" emojis

Shanghai Siyanhui, a tech company which created emojis making fun of "comfort women", has been fined 15,000 yuan (US$2,258) and suspended from service for two months.

Shanghai police announce a fine for the Siyanhui tech company on Friday, August 27, 2017 via its Weibo account. [Photo: weibo.com]

Shanghai police have made the announcement through its Weibo account on Sunday.

The police said that the company pursued profit in the face of morality.

Photo shows the creator of "comfort women" emojis being questioned by police in Shanghai. [Photo: weibo.com]

Authorities also contend that it's illegal to create and spread emojis which ignore the suffering of "comfort women."

Written statements of repentance for creating "comfort women" emoji's. [Photo: weibo.com]

Siyanhui has made a formal public apology.

Siyanhui issues a formal apology for creating "comfort women" emoji's on its official website. [Photo: siyanhui.com]

The tech company created five emojis using images from "Twenty Two," a Chinese documentary detailing the surviving "comfort women" from China.

A poster of "Twenty Two," a documentary detailing the lives of surviving "comfort women" in China. [baidu.com]

Some 400,000 women and girls across Asia were forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military during WWII.